Don’t call me stupid for not loving this 1988 comedy from director Charles Crichton (with an assist from John Cleese). Yes, it has some funny parts, but it is definitely a film I could have died without having seen (although some man in Denmark did laugh himself to death while watching it). Perhaps it’s the decade in which it was made (the 80s) that makes it shine a little less brightly for me. There is something about the hideous...
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) **
Posted on 17:18 by Unknown
What is the price of fame? According to this 1925 silent classic staring Lon Chaney a deal with the devil…no, no, no that’s Faust; I mean a creepy Phantom. Please excuse my mistake; it was an easy one to make seeing as the opera performed in this film is Faust. Coincidence? I think not. Christine (Mary Philbin), the understudy to the prima donna, has a mysterious voice coach who first communicates to her through the walls and then later in a face...
Friday, 5 October 2012
Zero Kelvin (Kjærlighetens kjøtere) 1995 **
Posted on 20:17 by Unknown
Set amidst the artic elements of Greenland, this Norwegian film from director Hans Petter Moland examines the effects of isolation and brutality on the human psyche. Beautifully photographed by Philip Øgaard, Zero Kelvin (1995) is predominately a psychological thriller without the usual histrionics associated with the genre. While it is interesting to watch the volatile relationship between the two major characters, the film does drag in a...
Thursday, 4 October 2012
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) *1/2
Posted on 11:29 by Unknown
No, I don’t like Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). I’m sure I have offended countless sci-fi fans and cinephiles, but I don’t care because I find the film beyond boring. Yes, there are several interesting visual images, and for 1968, at the height of the Space Race, it was ahead of its time, but that doesn’t mean I have to revere it or recognize its perceived “greatness”. The only thing I do like about it is the music—and...
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